Event #82: $10,000 WSOP Main Event NLH World Championship Day 2d | 2026 World Series of Poker

Jul 07, 2026

Kumar's Cowboys Send Engel Out

Dan O'Hair

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Parminder Kumar opened to 4,000 from middle position and was three-bet to 12,000 by Lisa Tan on the button. Ari Engel then moved all in for his last 26,000 from the small blind and it was folded back to Kumar, who made it 84,000 to go. Tan got out of the way and a showdown was held.

Ari Engel: A♦Q♦ All in
Parminder Kumar: K♣K♥

Engel took out his phone to record the runout, which came 7♥5♥J♦3♥5♦ — leaving both players unimproved to eliminate Engel with about an hour left on Day 2d.

Tags: Ari Engel Lisa Tan Parminder Kumar

Jul 07, 2026

Zucker Falls To Marcus

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Liam Gannon

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Edo Zucker raised to 4,000 from under the gun and, in early position, Daniel Marcus three-bet to 12,000. Action folded back to Zucker, who moved all in for 35,000, and Marcus called.

Edo Zucker: K♠K♣ All in
Daniel Marcus: A♠K♦

The board ran out J♥8♥7♠10♠A♦, and the river ace brought the pot over to Marcus to eliminate Zucker from the tournament.

Tags: Daniel Marcus Edo Zucker

Jul 07, 2026

Augusten Annihilates Liano on River

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Frank Visser

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

On a 4♣6♥7♣ flop, Aaron Augusten check-raised Fernando Liano all in. Liano quickly called off his remaining 67,000.

Fernando Liano: A♣2♣ All in
Aaron Augusten: Q♣J♣

Liano was in good shape against the lower flush draw of Augusten, but Augusten rivered a pair on the 3♦Q♠ runout ot win the pot and send Liano home late on Day 2.

Tags: Aaron Augusten Fernando Liano

Jul 07, 2026

Lee Leaves Thanks to Kornuth

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Frank Visser

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

On a 7♥10♣K♥ flop, Phillip Lee had bet 25,000 on the button when Chance Kornuth put his opponent all in for about 90,000. Lee agonized over his decision, but ultimately called for his tournament life.

Phillip Lee: K♦Q♣ All in
Chance Kornuth: J♥9♥

Kornuth hit his flush on the 2♥ turn. Lee was drawing dead, making the 6♣ river irrelevant.

"Oh well, I'm glad I made the right call," Lee said before he exited the tournament area.

Tags: Chance Kornuth Phillip Lee

Jul 07, 2026

Late-Night Gold Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Jul 07, 2026

Jansen Falls In the Final Level

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The stack of Bradley Jansen had dwindled into the danger zone when he was all-in preflop in a flip against Jamie Halegoua.

Bradley Jansen: K♥J♥ All in
Jamie Halegoua: 5♠5♣

The preflop advantage of Halegoua remained to be the case throughout the 10♣7♦4♥9♦2♣ board and that spelled the end for the mixed game specialist.

Tags: Bradley Jansen Jamie Halegoua

Jul 07, 2026

Faynshteyn Smacks the Flop to Crack Arbogast's Aces

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David Salituro

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Alex Faynshteyn raised to 4,500 under the gun, Andrew Arbogast three-bet to 11,500 in middle position, and Faynshteyn called.

The flop came 3♦J♦J♠ and Faynshteyn led out for 7,000. Arbogast called, and the 9♠ fell on the turn.

Faynshteyn then bet 16,000, and Arbogast again called. Faynshteyn moved all in on the Q♣ river, and Arbogast called for his last 30,000.

Faynshteyn turned over J♥10♥ for trips, and Arbogast tossed A♥A♠ into the muck as he made his way to the exit.

"If he made it 12 and a half, I would've folded. That was the difference," Faynshteyn said after the hand.

Tags: Alex Faynshteyn Andrew Arbogast

Jul 07, 2026

Batt Falls Blinds vs Blind

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Stewart Morrison

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

When the action folded to Paul Staples in the small blind, he moved all in, and Brian Batt called in the small blind. Batt had the smaller of the two stacks, with 25,000, and was the player at risk.

Brian Batt: A♦J♠ All in
Paul Staples: Q♣10♣

The 10♠J♥K♦ flop saw Batt improve to top pair, but the 2♠ turn and A♣ runout improved him to an unwanted two-pair, as Staples' straight sent Batt to the rail.